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Gótico by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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rensuzugamori's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I was already enjoying the creepy gothic atmosphere of this book, and I fully expected it to go in a more classically gothic direction of a haunting – the plot twist left me gobsmacked, and full of horror and revulsion, and yet at many points, I found it a struggle to put this book down. The descriptive writing can switch from beautiful and whimsical to grotesque and chill-inducing at the drop of a hat, and I really do feel like something unique in premise was achieved here. I think there are probably many more nods to other famous texts within this genre that I, unfortunately, was not able to pick up on. Maybe in the future, when I am more well-read than I am today, I will return to this novel and it will have even more to offer me.

The only reason that I am not giving this novel a full 5 stars, is that I felt like the descriptions of sexual violence (personally) were unnecessary, and there was already a major overarching plot & theme to represent the growing loss of control and autonomy that Noemí was feeling.

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elg1105's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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thenoboshow's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I enjoyed getting wrapped in this dark (moist?) world. The diolgue really helped with the time and place. I could easily imagine the scenes playing out in a black & white film with romantic actors. Definatly one of my fastest reads this year and one I could recommend to most my friends.

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ajrai91's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

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jtredd05's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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kristenreads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.25

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brideal's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Finally, I finished this book. After picking it up and putting it back down I finished it. It had nothing to do with the book and more on my mood and fear. This was my first(and probably last) horror book. Some background, I am a huge chicken. I do not like the horror genre in any form(movies, books, television) but I thought, screw it I will give it a try.

This book succeeded in creeping me out and disgusting me. Some of the content in there was just disturbing. However, I still enjoyed the ride. I loved the writing and the creepy house. I don’t think the romance was necessary and I sometimes I did forget that the characters were in Mexico, it felt liked England to me for some reason. Overall, I enjoyed the book and will read more from this author. A great way to end October 🎃

CW: incest, attempted r*pe, child death, cannibalism, racism, misogyny, sexism, forced marriage.

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